Marathon Race Quotes

#1. Career is a marathon race, not a 100-meter sprint ~ Deepak Mehra

Deepak Mehra

#2. I will never be ok with the suffering of others - that I will likely continue to fight so I must treat it as a marathon race not a sprint.

Kristin Bauer Van Straten

#3. There's more to marathon day than running long. Learning how your body reacts to the early alarm, light breakfast and warm-up is key. Minimize surprises come race day. Run long the same time of day as the race.

Gina Greenlee

#4. Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

Martin Lel

#5. It's probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead of just three runners from each country, like in the Olympics or World Championships, in the senior men's race there are nine.

Paul Tergat

#6. I am happy that I ran the half-marathon, but to me, just running and saying that I finished a race isn't enough for me. I want to run the race as best as I can. Working out for pants size isn't enough. I need a goal or a race to get back on the treadmill every day.

Drew Carey

#7. The race of life is a marathon, not a sprint.

Tony Robbins

#8. Perfecting your character isn't a marathon, a race, or a competition. It can only be won in stride with daily motivation.

Orly Wahba

#9. Life is marathon, not a sprint. It is a race we are all guaranteed to finish, so run wisely.

James North

#10. The Marathon distance is very difficult to cover and without the support of all of the fans and people cheering us on and the other runners, we would have a very difficult time to run the full race. So we work together to make a marathon happen.

Tilahun Regassa

#11. A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them. The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event.

Paula Radcliffe

#12. I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch ...

David Letterman

#13. In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.

Haile Gebrselassie

#14. I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.

Michael Bay

#15. Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon.

George A. Sheehan

#16. Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls.

David Letterman

#17. I am a marathon runner. I ran the New York City marathon and almost died. I tried to run, like, a two-minute mile early on in the race. I was crazy enough to think I could win. After seven miles I thought I would die, but I slowed down my pace and kept going.

Sean Combs

#18. One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.

Kara Goucher

#19. When you get close to race day, there's that anticipation and excitement - it's the same whatever level you're running at because the marathon is like a festival.

Paula Radcliffe

#20. Breathed like a contestant in a polka marathon, sit-up contest, stationary bike race.

Dennis Vickers

#21. Running a marathon with a backpack is tough and may hinder you from winning the race. Don't let the baggage from your past - heavy with fear, guilt, and anger - slow you down.

Maddy Malhotra

#22. The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.

Hal Higdon

#23. I also feel it usually takes four or five races to hit your best marathon for your body to be accustomed to the training AND the race itself.

Bill Rodgers

#24. The key to running a good marathon is to not listen to anyone's advice the last week before the race. That's when people tend to do stupid things that disrupt all the input and training of the previous months.

Don Kardong

#25. The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared.

Frank Shorter

#26. There was no way to lock down, or tighten up, or Fail-Safe into Security Theater a race that covers 26.2 miles, a race that travels from town to town, a race that travels past people's houses. There was no way to garrison the Boston Marathon. Now there will be.

Charlie Pierce